Volume 1, Number 25: March 30 - April 6, 1972
- Apr 6, 1972
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Updated: May 15
This issue of Harrisburg Independent Press from March 30 - April 6, 1972, had 16 pages, filled with independent local, regional, and national news. Six months for $5, one year for $8. Download the .pdf at the bottom of the page.

Article Index
'Harrisburg Seven' Trial Moves Toward Verdict, Supporters Stage Weeek-Long Demonstrations
page 1, page 5
keywords: Judge R. Dixon Herman; Fr. Philip Berrigan; Sr. Elizabeth McAlister; Boyd Douglas; William Connelley; J. Thomas Menaker; Paul O'Dwyer; FBI informant; Delmar Mayfield; Leonard Boudin; Ramsey Clark; William Lynch; Henry Kissinger
15,000 To March Here
by Edward Zuckerman
page 1, page 3
keywords: Holy Week; "Life Against Death"; federal building; William Lynch; Harrisburg 7; New Cumberland Army Depot; demonstration; United Committee To Free Angels Davis; People's Coalition For Peace and Justice; Daniel Ellsburg; Fr. Daniel Berrigan; William Kuntzler; Beulah Sanders; Tony Scoblick; Mary Scoblick; Fr. James LaCroce; 'Pilgramige for Peace and Freedom'
Reporters View Muncy 'Campus', Prison Atmosphere Hasn't Changed
by M. Kessler
page 1, page 9
keywords: Correctional Institution for Women; Superintendent James P. Murphy; solitary confinement; homosexuality; conjugal visits; furloughs; Honors Cottage; rehabilitation
FBI Investigates York Bomb Sabotage
by Edward Zuckerman
page 1, page 5
keywords: bomb casings; American Machine and Foundry Co.; Indochina; "Citiens' Commission To De-militarize Industry; war industries
"Seven" Trial: Is No Defense the Best Defense?
by Edward Zuckerman
page 4
keywords: Ramsey Clark; William Lynch; J. Thomas Menaker; J. Edgar Hoover; Harrisburg Defense Committee; Fr. Philip Berrigan; Sr. Elizabeth McAlister; Eqbal Ahmad
Ahmad Acquitted on Two Counts: Still Charged With Conspiracy
page 4
keywords: Judge R. Dixon Herman; Eqbal Ahmad; Henry Kissinger; draft boards; conspiracy; kidnapping; Ramsey Clark; Boyd Douglas; Fr. Philip Berrigan; President Nixon; Vietnam War
Holy Week: A New Harrisburg
by Stuart Frolick
page 6
keywords: Medical Clinic; anti-war activity; rally; march; Koinonia Farm; day care; Dr. Otis Layne; Cathy Fox; Jim White; Barbara Pepper; legal aid; fred Speaker; court watchers; housing; communal supper
Courtwatchers Wait
page 6
keywords: Federal Building; Maryland Newhouse; Mike Boover; Wynn Richards; Steve Renssalaer
'Die-in' at Lemoyne Board Provokes Mixed Reaction
page 7
keywords: guerilla theater; women; draft board; Cookie Cirillo; Vietnam
Seminarians Ring Court: 200 Arrested
by Pat Read
page 7
keywords: Federal Building; National Union of Theological Students and Seminarians; demonstration; Vietnam; Harrisburg 7; Quaker New Life Center; guerilla theater; Harrisburg Police; Paul King
Sabotage Workshop Led by Glick
page 7
keywords: "Sabotage and Property Destruction"; draft board raid; bombs; air war; non-violence
Mangione: Jazz at the Philharmonic
by Dick Sassaman
page 8
keywords: Chuck Mangione; Jazz Brothers; Eastman School of Music; Rochester Philharmonic; Together; trumpet; flugelhorn; "Firewatchers"; Gerry Niewood; Esther Satterfield; Stanley Watson; "Lullaby"; "Feelin"; "Look To the Children"; "Hill Where the Lord Hides"; Dave Brubeck
Child Abuse Hits Hard, Rarely Reported in Area
by Connie Dellmuth
page 1, page 8
keywords: Protective Service Unit; Jim Hetrick; abuse; Dauphin County; doctors; emotional stress; criminal offense; law enforcement
Central YMCA
page 8
keywords: marionettes; Junior League of Harrisburg; elementary children; Tri-County Council on Addictive Diseases
Cumberland Students Suspended for Protests
page 9
keywords: Cumberland (Valley) High School; William Pierce; sit-in; detention; smoking area; James Heckler; Lori Clark; school board; Shalamar Carruthurs
Movie Review
by Charles Leayman
page 10, page 13
keywords: "The Godfather"; Mario Puzo; Francis Ford Coppola; Marlon Brando; Don Vito Corleone; James Caan; Robert Duvall; Richard Castellano; Richard Conte; Al Pacino; violence; "Dementia 13"; corruption
Rolling Stones Jam Stackridge Debuts
by Ross Care
page 10, page 13
keywords: "Jamming With Edward"; Mick Jagger; Bill Wyman; Glyn Johns; Marshall Chess; Nicky 'Woof Woof' Hopkins; Ry Cooder; Mario Lanza; "Stackridge"; acoustic folk; England; "Percy the Penguin"; "Dora the Female Explorer"; Andrew Davies; Billy Bent; Mike Evans; Mutter Slater; James Warren
Food For Living
by Jane and Tom Plastino
page 10
keywords: lamb tajine; Moroccan; rice
Coal Company Profits Not Used To Control Dangerous Slag Heaps
page 11
keywords: Pittston Company; coal mine; West Virginia; Brinks Armored Car Company; bituminous coal; Senator Thurston Morton; Rogers C.B. Morton; Nicholas T. Camica; Penn Virginia
Washington Merry-Go-Round
by Jack Anderson/United Feature Syndicate
page 1, page 11
keywords: ITT; air force; Harold Geneen; Salvador Allende; Chile; cosmetics; food products; auto parts; CIA; Nixon Administration; Ronald Reagan; Occupational Safety and Health Administration; Lockheed; Peter Flanigan; lobbyist
NATO Aids Portugese Suppression of African Colonies
by David Shen/LNS
page 12, page 13
keywords: Portugal; Angola; Guinea-Bassau; Mozambique; national liberation; United Nations; France; Britain; Belgium; United States; arms shipments; counter-guerilla warfare; Military Assistance Advisory Group; Gulf Oil; coffee; cotton; French President Pompidou; colonialism
Area Residents Attend Children's March in D.C.
by E. Saum
page 12
keywords: Family Assistance Plan; Ralph Abernathy; Coretta Scott King; Rev. Jesse Jackson; George Wiley; Bella Abzug; Eugene McCarthy; Shirley McClaine; Gloria Steinem; demonstrators; District of Columbia School Board; "Children Yes, Bombs No"
Group Challenges Pa. Election Laws
page 12
keywords: Committee for Democratic Election Laws; Pennsylvania Election Code; Leonard Boudin; Ron Reosti; nominating petitions; prisoner voting; Spanish language ballots; independent candidates; Musmanno Act; Communist Party; unconstitutional; Socialist Labor Party; Consumers' Party
Companies Promote Automated War
page 14
keywords: Indochina War; American industry; Honeywell Project; General Electric Project; NARMIC; anti-personnel weapons; demonstrations; American Friends Service Committee; war production
Hiss Recalls Past Repression
by Jane Snurr
page 14
keywords: Red Scare; U.S. China policy; House Un-American Activities Committee; Eqbal Ahmad; William Hinton; Vietnamization; "winning hearts and minds"; cultural genocide; Indochina
Scott, Schweiker Nix Amnesty; 'No Comment' from Shapp, Muskie
by Chris Davis and Margo Conk
page 15
keywords: Pennsylvania Selective Service Director Robert Ford; Richard Schweiker; Hugh Scott; Governor Shapp; Edmund Muskie; Senator Robert Taft; alternative service; desertion
Matrix
by R.C. Filburn
page 15
keywords: Vietnam Veterans Against the War; rally; lobbying; restrooms; Capitol Police; Property and Supplies Secretary Frank Hilton; salute; riot control; vigil; Dauphin County Prison; Representative Patrick A. Gleason
Movies
page 16
keywords: Barrier; Pocket Money; The Hot Rock; The Godfather; The Ten Commandments; The Carey Treatment; The Hospital; Dirty Harry; Song of the South
Photos
by John Serbell and Stuart Frolick
page 1, page 2, page 3, page 4, page 5, page 6, page 7
by O'Connor
page 7
by Mt. Eagle
page 11
by FRELIMO
page 12
Artwork
by Bill Potter/Solidarity Art Workshop
page 14
keywords: solkscreen poster
by Gene Suchma
page 15
keyword: amnesty




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